The JLOS House Project is a three-in-one Justice, Law and Order Sector (JLOS) infrastructure development project aimed at strengthening good governance principles by enhancing the ability of JLOS institutions to coordinate and offer better services. The project is expected to contribute to enhanced transparency, accountability and ethics in a purpose built office park and civic centre.

The JLOS House complex is intended to improve the productivity of the public service; facilitate the growth of the private sector through the provision of timely public services; reduce the costs of public administration through integration of services and sharing of common services such as ICT conference facilities and asset/ facilities management. Further, the one-stop centre will introduce modern concepts of office management and incorporate environmental concepts of green and intelligent technology in the design and construction of public buildings. The one-stop centre will free resources in rent and efficiency savings to build a functional justice system in Uganda.

The JLOS Towers and High Court which shall be located on plot 98-102 Katalima Road in Naguru on 5 acres of land owned by the Justice Law and Order Sector (JLOS) through the Uganda Land Commission. JLOS Towers and High Court will accommodate the headquarters of JLOS institutions including the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Uganda Human Rights Commission, Uganda Prison Services, URSB, TAT, ULRC, JSC, DPP, JLOS secretariat. The facility will also provide for the Criminal, Anti-Corruption, International Crimes, Civil, Family and Land Divisions of the High Court. The towers shall be green and intelligent buildings which shall serve as a one-stop service centre for JLOS Services.

The Police Headquarters to accommodate all the police directorates at plot 40-96 Katalima Road Naguru Kampala next to the JLOS house complex. The police headquarters shall be a green and intelligent building that will increase police productivity and improve quality of policing services. The Police Headquarters shall be constructed on 5.9 acres of land owned by Uganda Land Commission restricted to Uganda Police Force. The Project site is located in Kampala City 5.2 km East of the centre of Kampala City.

The Appellate Courts and headquarters of the Judiciary at High Court grounds in Kampala to accommodate the Court of Appeal/Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court and the headquarters of the Judiciary. The Appellate Courts Complex shall be located at the High Court grounds in Kampala at Plot 1, The Square in the Central Business District of Kampala city. It will involve maintaining and refurbishment of the existing building and ensuring that the new buildings blend with the existing ones.

PROJECT BACKGROUND

The JLOS House project was conceived out of the need to provide a one-stop centre for JLOs institutions in recognition of the fact that the different JLOS institutions are scattered over dispersed locations in Kampala. Several of these locations are in parts of the City that are inaccessible, yet the mandates of the institutions are complementary and require close proximity for communication, cooperation and coordination. The institutions are also located in rented premises that are not designed for the provision of JLOS services and are inaccessible to the public.

It is expected that the JLOS House Project will support the efforts to integrate the services provided by the different institutions to create a conducive working environment. The project will also enhance accessibility to JLOS services by the general public, especially the poor and marginalised and enhance the inter-linkages between the services.

The huge cost of renting various premises for JLOS institutions further compounds the challenges that the Sector faces. The annual rental expense for JLOS institutional headquarters stands at USD 8.5 million. Despite this huge cost, there is still inadequate space for staff requirements and limited space for storage. There is also virtually no space to adequately handle clients. It is in light of these challenges that the Sector conceived and approved the JLOs House project in 2005.

The overall goal of the project is to promote the rule of law through enhanced independence and public trust in JLOS institutions in line with the national vision of transforming Uganda from a peasant to a middle income status by 2040.

The objective of the project is to provide office accommodation for the JLOS institutions as a one-stop service Centre in order to facilitate and improve service delivery and increase access to JLOS services. Specifically:

a) To provide office accommodation (JLOS Towers) and a purpose built High Court through green and intelligent buildings as a one-stop service centre to facilitate and improve service delivery and increase access to JLOS services.

b) To provide a green and intelligent building that will increase police productivity and improve quality of policing services (Police Headquarters).

c) To provide for a purpose-built Judiciary headquarters and Appellate Courts that will promote access to judicial services

The project is expected to enhance operational efficiency, promote coordination among JLOS agencies and reduce the high cost of rent and align JLOS infrastructure to business processes while deepening public access to JLOS services.

The Justice, Law and Order Sector through the Public Private Partnership modality has identified an investor to build and operate the JLOS House project structures. Currently negotiations are ongoing between JLOS and the preferred bidder over the project scope and financing aspects. It is expected that these negotiations will be concluded in 2016.

Overall, the JLOS House project has the potential to change the way Government conducts its business and relates with the public. The project stands out to introduce modern concepts of office management, open government, environmental conservation and rationalized use of time, space and other scarce resources, which if properly implemented shall reduce the cost of public administration in the Justice, Law and Order Sector.

QUICK FACTS

a) A Consortium of Group Five Property Development Ltd (Pty) and TWED Property Development Ltd is the preferred bidder for the JLOS House Project. Other members of the consortium are: Meridiam, ROKO, Drake and Scull, FBW Architects and Engineers, Farrow Laing.

b) The Project is made up of three components: The JLOS Towers, the appellate courts and Police Headquarters

c) JLOS House to accommodate 12 JLOS institutions including several divisions of the High Court;

d) On completion, the entire JLOS House project will provide 74,000 square meters of office space making it the single biggest building structure in Uganda ever undertaken by Government

e) The Project when complete will save the Government of Uganda $8.5m which it spends annually on renting office premises for JLOS institutions.

f) JLOS House to be built with cutting edge green and intelligent building technology

g) The project is being implemented under the Pubic Private Partnership modality of Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT)

IN NUMBERS...

74,000 – The number of square meters of lettable office space for the JLOS House (equivalent to Bank of Uganda Building, Workers House, Crested Towers and Acacia Mall combined!)

USD 8.5million – the amount of money to be saved by Government annually (in rent savings) when the project is completed

13 – the number of firms that expressed interest in the JLOS House Project

9 – the number of firms that were shortlisted for Request For Proposal (RFP) stage

10 –the number of JLOS institutions set to benefit from the JLOS House Project

TIME-LINE

2005 – the JLOS house project concept is conceived by the JLOS Leadership

2008 – the sector applies for a grant from the Netherlands Government as part of the ORIO facility that provided grants for infrastructural development in developing countries. Government commits to provide a 50% matching non grant funding to JLOS equivalent to 48b shillings. The Sector application is unsuccessful.

2010 - Ministry of Finance requests the Sector to prepare a bankable project proposal for the JLOS House.

2011 - Minister of Finance requests JLOS to submit detailed drawings and bills of quantities so that procurement of a contractor could commence.

2015 (August) – JLOS officially announces the preferred bidder for the JLOS House Project on August 12, 2015 following evaluation of RFP submissions. Negotiations commence.

2016 – the year the JLOS House project is expected to kick off

ABOUT THE JLOS HOUSE PREFERRED BIDDER

Group Five Limited is a JSE listed diversified Construction, Infrastructure Concessions and related services Group that operates in 21 countries across Africa and also in Eastern Europe. G5 Properties, a wholly owned subsidiary of Group Five Limited, is the real estate investment and development subsidiary of the Group that is responsible for developing real estate projects. Group Five Building, a construction division of Group Five, who has extensive experience in design and construct projects both in South Africa and across the African continent, will be responsible for the design and construction of the buildings. Prominent projects such as the Dimension Data Campus (SA), the Bank of Tanzania and Michelangelo Toers (SA) are only a few of their notable achievements. Group Five Building is well experienced in PPP projects and well understands the fundamental “fit for purpose” criteria.

TWED Property Development Ltd, part of the Indigenous TWED Group, builds and owns residential projects, commercial office spaces and is now planning the development of other projects including mid-scale international branded business hotel, planning a mixed Use scheme of about 30,000 sqm in Kampala’s Top suburb of Nakasero, PPP complex projects, high-tech warehousing and logistics center, retail rollout centers and transport terminals.

TWED is a professionally driven company that has a diverse portfolio with strong real estate fundamentals. With focus on long-term horizon prospects, the company builds and develops premium properties, which excel in having a superior location, beautiful and modern design, lifestyle and amenities to some of the largest Blue Chip corporations, international organizations, national corporations, and parastatals, non-governmental and public institutions. TWED Property Development main business is acquiring land, designing and developing functional properties and some of its prestigious properties include; TWED Towers located on plot 10 Kafu Road upper market Nakasero, Kampala City completed in 2011 with 18,000sqm of built up space and parking of 283 cars. TWED Plaza located on Plot 22B Lumumba Avenue, Nakasero, Kampala.

Meridianis currently a leading investor, developer, asset manager and long-term partner in PPPs in North America and Europe and Meridiam has launched a EUR 300 million fund for Africa. Meridiam’s unique 25-year funds enable it to partner with its public and private sector partners for the long-term, from project inception through operations. Meridiam’s “buy and hold” investment strategy prioritises the management of assets over extended contract periods, resulting in a higher level of service to the public. Meridiam’s extensive experience as an international long-term owner of public buildings, including courthouses, would provide additional comfort to JLOS in the sponsors providing a stable, proactive and well-resourced entity of substance. Meridiam has a $4 billion under management primarily invested in greenfield transport infrastructure projects.

The Consortium will be supported by a team of professionals lead by G5 Properties and TWED in delivering the Project.

FBW Architects and Engineers: FBW is a design, architecture and engineering led, multi-disciplinary consultancy with demonstrable expertise and wide ranging experience in robust, reliable and compliant development project delivery. They provide a full range of professional services from the UK, their East African base in Uganda and their established centres of operation in the Netherlands, Rwanda and Tanzania.

Farrow Laing: Farrow Laing is a quantity surveying firm. They render services across South Africa and also in numerous other African countries where strategic partnerships provide in-depth local knowledge and resources.

Eaglestone Advisory: Eaglestone is a financial services platform that brings together the experience, the conditions and the skills to handle a range of transactions and private equity deals on an international level. It has a network of offices in Sub-Saharan Africa staffed by team members who live in the countries in which they operate, thus providing local knowledge, language, culture and expertise. The company has three business activities – financial advisory services, asset management and brokerate – and currently has offices in Amsterdam, Cape Town, Johannesburg, London, Lisbon, Luanda and Maputo containing over 20 staff.

ROKO Construction Ltd founded in 1969 and is today one of Uganda’s leading Construction and Civil Engineering Groups. The late Max Rohrer and Rainer Kohler, with 50 years combined experience in Africa, made a commitment to assist in Uganda’s prosperity and development when they founded ROKO. Together with technical and commercial directors and over 40 qualified civil and site engineers, Rohrer and Kohler have led ROKO to the forefront of the construction industry to emerge as the principal contractor in Uganda and are now heavily invested in Tanzania, Rwanda, Eastern Congo and South Sudan. ROKO Construction Limited provides employment for an average of 1800 people, placing great emphasis on training its technicians and craftsmen to produce an exceptionally high standard of workmanship. Materials are produced locally and from the EAC and COMESA wherever possible, and imports are facilitated by ROKO’s association with the SAI Trading Company in Europe.

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The Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs on behalf of the Justice, Law and Order Sector (JLOS) announces M/S TWED Property Development Ltd and Group Five Structured Ingenuity (represented by G5 Property Development (Pty) Ltd Joint Venture(JV) as the preferred bidder for the JLOS House Project after the evaluation of Request for Proposals (RFP) submitted for design review, procurement, construction, financing and management of the JLOS House Project under Public Private Partnership (PPP). This development follows a two stage procurement process that started with advertisement of a request for Expression of Interest (EOI) on June 12, 2014. A total of thirteen local and international firms/consortia expressed interest out of which JLOS shortlisted the following nine (9) eligible firms/consortia to participate in the RFP phase:

The above shortlisted firms were issued with Request for Proposal (RFP) and draft project agreements on January 31, 2015. Bids were submitted on the 22nd June 2015. A comprehensive and transparent evaluation of proposals submitted to JLOS was conducted in accordance with the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act, 2003 and the RFP requirements.

The Joint Venture (JV) of TWED Property Development Ltd and Group Five Property Development (Pty) Ltd was selected, based on its emphasis on a bigger local content and reduced costs for the JLOS House Project. The joint venture proposed will use ROKO Construction Company as its construction contractor and FBW Uganda Ltd as the lead design consultant. The Project is envisaged to be financed by Stanbic Bank Uganda and Standard Bank South Africa.

TWED Property Development Ltd is an indigenous property developer incorporated in 2005. TWED offers a wide range of real estate solutions that include residential, commercial office space, warehouse and logistics, mixed use developments, retail and hospitality. TWED also offers specialist services like business continuity and recovery centers, and facilities and asset management (FM). The company has successfully delivered a number of high profile developments including its flagship ultrafine buildings of TWED Plaza and TWED Towers in Kampala, Uganda.

Group Five Property Development Ltd, a South African based company was established in 1974 with core business in construction and infrastructure development. The company is listed on the Johannesburg stock exchange (JSE) and is involved in diversified construction, infrastructure concession and related services. Group Five operates in 21 Countries across Africa and also in Eastern Europe.

The TWED and Group Five consortium brings to the table proven local and global experience in infrastructure development, cutting edge innovation and world-class reputation in the construction, engineering and facilities management industry that stands to benefit the Justice, Law and Order Sector in the bid to successfully deliver the JLOS House Project.

The Justice, Law and Order Sector celebrates this milestone and remains committed and dedicated to the successful implementation of the JLOS House project - central to the reforms being carried out by the Sector through provision of decent accommodation to all the JLOS institutions in the form of modern one-stop centre offices.

JLOS institutions are scattered over dispersed locations in Kampala. While the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs is located on Parliament Avenue, the Directorate of Public Prosecutions is at Workers House, the criminal courts are at Kololo, Nakasero and at the Constitutional Square etc, JSC at Parliament Avenue, Police Headquarters Naguru, Kibuli, Kololo, Bukoto and Kireka, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is on Jinja Road, Wandegeya and Nakasero.

Most of the JLOS institutions are located in parts of the City that are not readily accessible yet the mandates of these institutions are complementary and require close proximity for communication, cooperation and coordination. The rented premises currently occupied by the JLOS institutions were not specially designed for the provision of JLOS services and are therefore not convenient for the provisions of JLOS services.

The services relating to each institution cannot be integrated to create an effective and conducive working environment and yet the mandates of the JLOS institutions are complementary. In addition, their location in different places has resulted in decreased accessibility of JLOS services to the general public, especially the poor and marginalized who often have difficulties in finding their way to the right institution.

The current office premises of these 17 institutions are also overcrowded and do not have sufficient space for the staff and storage space. JLOS is also confronted with huge annual costs for renting the headquarters of these institutions.

The Justice Law and Order Sector is currently spending over 4.8 million US dollars to rent the headquarters and other facilities relating to the 17 institution. On several occasions the sector has accumulated rent arrears and has faced threats of eviction from the landlords which threaten the effective discharge of the mandates of the JLOS institutions. These institutions include, the Uganda Police Force, Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Uganda Law Reform Commission, Directorate of Public Prosecutions, Appellate Courts and High Court Divisions such as family, international crimes and anti-corruption.

If monies spent on rent are injected into propelling the construction of a one-stop JLOS service centre, the risk of eviction arising from rent arrears will be eliminated.

In the case of the JLOS institutions which are located in premises owned by the Government, like the CID Headquarters in Kibuli and Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control, the premises are congested, dilapidated and outdated and in urgent need of renovation or refurbishment.

The Justice, Law and Order Sector on February 16 2015 held the JLOS House pre-bid briefing with various bidders for the JLOS House Project. This development follows the issuance of a Request for Proposal (RFP) on January 30 2015 to nine (09) international firms. The briefing, held at Grand Imperial Hotel, Kampala was an opportunity for bidders to interface with the JLOS structures in charge of the project – notably the Transaction Advisory Committee (TAC) that was mandated by the JLOS Steering Committee to provide oversight and coordination of the JLOS House PPP project.

During the meeting, bidders were given an overview of the project and the key RFP provisions. Bidders were also given an opportunity to ask questions during the interactive Q&A session.

Later on in the day, the bidders were taken on a site tour of the proposed JLOS House Towers and Police Headquarters in Naguru, a Kampala suburb; and to the proposed Appellate Court on Plot 1, The Square.

One-on-one clarification sessions between the bidders and the JLOS House PPP Transaction Advisory Committee (TAC) to start on February 17th 2015 at the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional affairs (JLOS Secretariat).

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The Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs on behalf of the Justice, Law and Order Sector (JLOS) announces that Nine (9) firms/consortia have been issued with a Request for Proposal (RFP) and draft project agreements in respect to the design, review, construction, financing and management of the JLOS House Project under the Public Private Partnership (PPP). This development follows submission of expressions of interest for the role of lead Investor/developer/operator for the JLOS House project by thirteen (13) international firms in July 2014.

The firms were invited to pick hard copies of the RFP document and draft project agreement on Friday 30th January 2015 to be issued by the Procurement Unit in the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional affairs, Ground floor, Room G6.

The bid closing date is April 20, 2015 (14.00 EAT) and the bid opening date has been scheduled for April 20, 2015 at 16.00 (EAT).

The following firms were short-listed to respond the JLOS House PPP project RFP;

Nine (9) firms/consortia were short-listed to participate in the next stage of the procurement for the construction of the JLOS House Project under the Private Public Partnership modality.This development followed the submission of Expressions of Interest (EOI) by thirteen (13) firms in July 2014.

Short-listed firms/consortia

Firm/consortia

Country

1

Eiffage Concessions

France

2

Consolidated Contractors group and Morganti

Greece

3

China State Construction and Engineering Company Limited

China

4

Shikun and Binui Arison Group and SBI International Holdings AG.

Israel

5

Beijing Uni-Construction Group Company Limited

China

6

Mota-Engil

Portugal

7

China Jiangxi Corporation for International Economic and Technical Cooperation

The JLOS House Complex will provide 80,000 square meters of office space as indicated in the table below. The Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control will remain at the current headquarters of Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Uganda Law Society will not be part of the JLOS Complex. JLOS is separately funding the Uganda Law Society to put up a training centre for its members. The Ministry of Local Government and Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development will not be in the JLOS house because most of their mandate are outside the JLOS Sector although provision will be made for inclusion of the Industrial Court in the complex.

The sector in March 2014 received a no objection from the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to procure for the construction of the JLOS House under private public partnership (PPP) modality . As a result, the sector set up a multi-institutional Transaction Advisory Committee (TAC) comprised of representatives from the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, the Privatization Unit (MOFPED), the Judiciary, Ministry of Works, the JLOS Constructions Committee,

The role of TAC is to advise on the preparation of the necessary documentation as well as the process of procurement of the private investor to undertake the financing and construction of the JLOS House Complex.

TAC is also responsible for advising on the PPP model to be adopted; advising the Solicitor General and the sector at large on the feasibility of the proposed PPP model of JLOS House project financing; advising on the preparation of the necessary documentation for the procurement of the investor (Request for Proposal (RFP) and/or Expression of Interest (EOI) documents, financial background documentation, credit worthiness, bid documentation, lease agreements, draft contracts and arrangements for building operation /rental agreements et cetera; Carry out a detailed project risk analysis and a mitigation plan and identify responsibility centers for mitigation; Carry out a feasibility study for the JLOS House project (PPP financing option analysis, options analysis, i.e. what other optional model of financing could be adopted, risk analysis, Value For Money/VFM analysis and economic impact); Carry out quality assurance of the project during the PPP procurement process; Advise the project implementation committee on execution of the project; Facilitate the marketing of the project to potential investors.

The TAC is also responsible for some phases of contract negotiation with the procured investor for the JLOS House Project.

Central to the reforms being carried out by JLOS is the need to provide decent accommodation to all the JLOS institutions through one-stop centre offices. Consequently, JLOS has embarked on the construction of premises at Naguru, Kampala and on Plot 1, the Square to provide accommodation to government ministries, institutions and specifically the Judiciary, to house the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, Constitutional Court and the Criminal, Anti-Corruption and International Criminal Divisions of the High Court. On completion the entire JLOS House project will provide 102,000 square meters of office space and save Government five million dollars which it spends annually on renting office premises for JLOS institutions.

The JLOS House project (one stop centre) will support and give impetus to ongoing reforms in the public sector aimed at improving the productivity of the public service through integration of services and sharing of common services such as ICT conference facilities and asset management and facilitating the growth of the private sector through the provision of timely public services.

Furthermore, the JLOS House project will introduce modern concepts of office management and incorporate environmental concepts of green and intelligent technology in the design and construction of public buildings. Ultimately, the savings generated by the one stop centre will free resources to revamp the legal sector while the benefits of delivering competitive public services will enhance Uganda’s competitiveness as it transforms into a modern progressive country.

Components of the JLOS House Complex

The JLOS House will have four components, namely the JLOS House, the Criminal Court House, the Appellate Courts and the headquarters of the Uganda Police Force. The JLOS House will provide office accommodation through a green and intelligent building for JLOS institutions as a one stop centre to facilitate and improve service delivery and increase access to JLOS services.

Project Goals

JLOS House

To provide office accommodation through a green and intelligent building for the JLOS institutions as a one-stop service centre in order to facilitate and improve service delivery and increase access to JLOS services.

Police Headquarters

To provide a green and intelligent building that will increase police productivity and improve quality of policing services.

Appellate Courts

To provide for a custom built Supreme Court, Constitutional and Court of Appeal that will promote access to judicial services and foster the rule of law in Uganda.

Project Objectives

JLOS House

To enhance operational efficiency, promote coordination among JLOS agencies and reduce the high cost of public administration and rent while releasing resources to improve operations, productivity and service delivery.

Police HeadquartersTo improve command and control while enhancing the quality of policing services

Appellate Courts

To promote judicial independence and reduce on judicial nomadism as result shifting from one rented premise to another.

JLOS House: QUICK FACTS

• To be constructed at Naguru, Kampala on Plot 1• JLOS House to accommodate the following institutions: Judiciary, Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development, Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control, Directorate of Public Prosecutions, Uganda Police, Uganda Prisons, Uganda Registration Services Bureau, Uganda Law Reform Commission, Centre for Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, Judicial Service Commission and the Tax Appeals Tribunal• On completion the entire JLOS House project will provide 80,000 square meters of office space• Project when complete to save Government $5m which it spends annually on renting office premises for JLOS institutions.• JLOS House to be built with cutting edge green and intelligent building technology